A downloadable Excel tool for exploring AI costs and understanding the economics of inference and agentic workloads.
The AI Cost Estimator is a downloadable Microsoft Excel workbook designed to support structured thinking about the cost of AI usage. Explore scenarios and examine how implementation choices influence unit economics.
Provided as an educational planning tool; results depend on your assumptions and should be independently checked before making financial decisions.
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No email registration required. Original XLSX workbook, unchanged.
Watch the practical walkthrough, then download the Excel workbook. Open on YouTube ↗
Open the workbook in a compatible version of Microsoft Excel.
Review the built-in assumptions, cost drivers and model structure before changing values.
Test the economics of different usage patterns and make your own conclusions.